Even if absolutely no trans people are involved, "TERFism" is a subset of a broader ideology of entitlement, putting everyone into boxes to fit a Battle of the Sexes narrative You don't get to just decide on George Eliot's behalf that calling her Mary Ann Evans is "empowering"https://twitter.com/Rainbow80870929/status/1294021112976814082 …
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(Calling her by her maiden name is also disrespectful of her choices, of course After her marriage she consistently referred to herself as "Marian Evans Lewes" in daily life You can disagree with that choice too, it doesn't give you the right to undo it)
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(Do not come at me with "Well Lewes never divorced his first wife so they technically weren't married", especially not from a "feminist" POV)
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